JPH0538380A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To vary the necessary time for game by arbitrarily setting the variable display time according to the number of starting winning balls. CONSTITUTION:A starting ball quantity counting circuit 14 counts the number of starting winning balls which is displayed on a starting ball quantity display device 11. The variation display time of a variable display device 1 is set according to the number of the starting winning balls which is counted by the starting ball quantity counting circuit 14, and a display timer circuit 35 outputs a stop display signal for suspending the variable display into the variable display device 1. The variable display time set in the display timer 35 is shortened according to the increase of the number of the starting winning balls which is displayed on the starting ball quantity display device 11, and elongated according to the recduction of the number of starting winning balls, and the stop display time can be set arbitrarily according to the detected number of the starting winning balls. Accordingly, the necessary time for game can be varied.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a pachinko machine for generating an advantageous right to a player in accordance with winning of a starting winning opening.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The playability of pachinko machines mainly depends on the adjustment of obstacle nails provided on the game board, and the fine adjustment of obstacle nails subtly changes the flow of the pachinko balls hit on the game board to win the prize. Make the player have a sense of anticipation. Some pachinko machines increase the winning probability of a launch ball for a certain period of time when a predetermined condition is satisfied. A conventional example of this type of pachinko machine will be described below with reference to FIGS. 22 and 29. Reference numeral 1 is a variable display device, and the variable display device 1 is composed of a 3-digit display element 2 composed of an LED or an LCD. The variable display device 1 is provided on the game board 4 surface of the pachinko machine 3 and displays a plurality of predetermined types of identification information by the display element 2.

The identification information displayed by the display element 2 includes numbers, characters and design information, and the variable display device 1 is activated based on the winning of a pachinko ball into the starting winning opening 5 provided on the game board 4 surface. At the same time, prize balls are paid out as a normal winning process for the pachinko balls that have won the starting winning opening 5. Then, the variable display device 1 causes the identification information to be variably displayed for each display element 2 of each digit for a predetermined variably display time by the above activation. When the variable display time elapses, the variable display device 1 stops the variable display of the identification information,
Almost at the same time, one of the plurality of types of identification information is stopped and displayed for a predetermined stop time.

The above-described variable display time and stop time are substantially constant, and generally the variable display time of the display element 2 which is initially stopped and displayed is set to about 5 to 6 seconds. The identification information stopped and displayed on the display element 2 by the variable display device 1 in this manner is hereinafter referred to as stop identification information. In addition, the variable display device 1 variably displays the identification information stopped and displayed,
It is a game until the next stop display is entered. The display of the stop identification information will be described later.

The variable winning ball device 6 is a variable winning ball device 6.
Are arranged below the variable display device 1. The variable winning ball device 6 has a special winning opening 7, and when the stop identification information is specific, the special winning opening 7 is continuously opened for a predetermined time. Then, the winning process is applied to all the pachinko balls that have won the big winning opening 7. Therefore, when the stop identification information is specific, that is, the variable winning ball device 6
When the special winning opening 7 is open, the winning probability is expanded for a certain period of time, so that a right advantageous to the player is generated for a predetermined period of time. Note that the specific stop identification information for generating the above-mentioned advantageous right for the player is hereinafter referred to as specific identification information, and the stop identification information that is not so is hereinafter referred to as non-specific identification information.

Reference numeral 8 shown in FIG. 30 is an identification information determination circuit, and 9 is a determination circuit. The identification information determination circuit 8 determines one of the plurality of types of identification information described above based on a predetermined procedure by the winning of the pachinko ball into the starting winning opening 5, and determines the determined identification information as the stop identification information. And The identification information determination circuit 8 is provided with an infinite counter or a random number table, and based on the winning timing of the start winning port 5, the infinite counter or the random number table provides numerical data relating to the symbol stop time of each digit described later (hereinafter, Simply called numerical stop data) has been decided and the decided numerical stop data has been imported.

The symbol stop time is a time for arranging a timing for shifting the identification information which is variably displayed by the variable display device 1 to the stop display. The stop numerical data of each digit fetched by the identification information determining circuit 8 corresponds to the symbol stop time of each digit respectively, and the identification information of each digit is stopped and displayed by the lapse of the symbol stop time, and the stop identification information The specific identification information is determined by the combination of.

The determination circuit 9 has a CPU as a main component and determines whether or not the stop identification information determined by the identification information determination circuit 8 is specific identification information, and is connected to the identification information determination circuit 8. .. Generally, the case where the stop identification information of all digits is the same is defined as the specific identification information. When the stop identification information is the specific identification information, the determination circuit 9 controls the variable winning a prize ball device 6 to continuously open the closed special winning opening 7. The determination circuit 9 controls each component member of the pachinko machine 3, such as a ball striking device 10 for striking a pachinko ball to the game board 4, in addition to controlling the variable winning ball device 6.

Reference numeral 11 is a starting ball number indicator, which is a starting ball number indicator 11.
Indicates the number of pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as "start prize balls") that have been won in the start prize hole 5. Starting ball number indicator 11
Is an element such as LCD or LED, and a single element is provided corresponding to the display sphere number data, or 7seg
It has a shape. The starting ball number display 11 is connected to the determination circuit 9, and a driver (not shown) is interposed between the determination circuit 9 and the starting ball number display 11.

Generally, the starting ball number display 11 is a variable display device 1.
Is started, in other words, the stop display state is changed to the variable display state, and the number of starting winning balls at which the game is first started is not displayed. More specifically, the starting ball number display 11 is for displaying the starting winning ball number data for each game during the game, that is, after the variable display device 1 variably displays the identification information until the stop display. .. Then, the variable display device 1 stops and displays the identification information that is being variably displayed, determines whether the stopped identification information is the specific identification information or the non-specific identification information, and ends the execution of the game process based on the determination. At this point, if the starting winning ball number data is displayed on the starting ball number indicator 11, the starting ball number indicator 11 decrements the starting winning ball number data by one.

As a result, at the same time when the current game ends,
Move on to the next game. The time required for one game depends on the sum of the variable display time and the stop time, and is almost constant (about 5 to 7 seconds). Hereinafter, the time required for one game is simply referred to as the game time, and the game time is measured by the determination circuit 9 or a measuring means (not shown) provided separately from the determination circuit 9.

Reference numeral 12 is a start detection switch, and the start detection switch 12 is for detecting a start winning ball. Since the start detection switch 12 is connected to the determination circuit 9, the determination circuit 9 can count the start winning balls and drive the start ball number indicator 11 via the driver.

By the way, the maximum value of the number-of-start-winning balls displayed by the number-of-start-winning balls display 11 is generally set to be 4 balls in the past. Is not performed, only the normal winning process is performed. Further, generally, the number of prize balls for the starting prize balls is set to be smaller than the number of prize balls for the pachinko balls that have won the general prize holes.

On the other hand, the identification information determining circuit 8 retains the right to start the game for each of the starting prize balls up to the fourth ball when there are five or more starting prize balls during the game. Then, the stop numerical value data corresponding to each starting prize winning ball for which the right is held is determined by the identification information determining circuit 8, and the stop numerical value data corresponding to the starting prize winning balls after the fifth ball are not determined.

That is, since the identification information determination circuit 8 ignores the starting winning balls after the fifth ball when starting the game, only the normal winning process is performed on the starting winning balls. .. The starting winning balls after the fifth ball in such a game are effective for starting the game (hereinafter,
In order to be effective, it suffices that the starting winning opening 5 is won after the current game ends, or the starting winning opening 5 is won at the same time when the current game ends.

By the way, since the game time of the pachinko machine 3 in the above-mentioned model is set to be substantially constant as described above, the timing relating to the end of the game and the winning of the starting winning opening 5 is accidentally governed. You can't do what the player wants. Therefore, a pachinko machine 3 provided with a stop switch for shortening the variable display time by the operation of the player has been proposed, but a skilled player in the operation of this stop switch generally uses the training to determine the frequency of occurrence of specific identification information. It will be possible to dramatically increase than the player.

A skilled player who has mastered such a game technique is likely to increase the number of times the specific identification information is generated per unit game time due to a technical disparity with a general player who has not mastered the same technique. become. This causes an extremely large difference in the number of prize balls won by a regular player and a skilled player, which causes not only inequity between the regular player and the skilled player, but also a disadvantage in a game store. As a result, models that do not have a stop switch have become mainstream.

[0018]

In the pachinko machine 3 of such a model, if the number of starting winning balls exceeds four during the game, the starting winning balls after the fifth ball are invalid. Of course, it is impossible for the player to activate the starting winning balls after the fifth ball, and by shortening the time required for the game and accelerating the end of the current game, It is also not possible to increase the possibility of starting the game. Furthermore, as described above, since the number of prize balls for the starting prize balls is set to be smaller than the number of prize balls for the pachinko balls that have won the general prize holes, the obstacle nail (not shown) starts the pachinko balls. It is adjusted so that it can be easily guided to 5. For this reason, it is likely that the number of starting winning balls exceeds 4 during the game, and the starting winning balls after the 5th ball have no possibility of generating the advantageous right. The player has a feeling that the starting winning balls after the fifth ball are useless, which leads to a decrease in willingness to play.

On the other hand, depending on the pachinko machine 3, the obstacle nail is adjusted so that the pachinko ball does not easily enter the starting winning opening 5, and the possibility of starting the game is good when the adjustment of the obstacle nail is good. There are few compared to.
In such a case, since the non-game time becomes longer than the time during the game, the variable display device 1 gives the player an expectation when the identification information is changed from the variable display to the stop display. Is extremely small. Therefore, the sense of expectation for the advantageous right is reduced, and thus the willingness to play is reduced.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine 3 in which the ratio of the time during the game and the time during the game is changed according to the winning possibility of the starting winning opening 5.

[0021]

As means for achieving the above object, the present invention provides a starting ball number calculation circuit 14 for calculating the number of starting winning balls displayed on a starting ball number display 11, and a starting ball number. A display timer circuit 35 that sets the variable display time of the variable display device 1 in accordance with the number of starting winning balls calculated by the calculation circuit 14 and outputs a stop display signal for stopping the variable display to the variable display device 35. And are provided.

The variable display time set in the display timer circuit 35 is shortened in accordance with the increase in the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number indicator 11, and is extended in accordance with the decrease in the number of starting winning balls. It is configured.

A display timer for setting a predetermined stop display time in accordance with the number of start winning balls calculated in the start ball number calculating circuit 14 and outputting a stop display signal for stopping the stop display to the variable display device 1. The circuit 35 is provided.

The stop display time set in the display timer circuit 35 is extended according to an increase in the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number indicator and shortened according to a decrease in the number of starting winning balls. There is.

[0025]

With this structure, the display timer circuit 35 can detect the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11 by the starting ball number calculating circuit 14, and the detected starting winning number. The stop display time can be arbitrarily set according to the number of balls.

The starting ball number calculation circuit 14 shortens the time required until the next startup of the variable display device 1 in accordance with the decrease in the number of starting winning balls. Further, the starting ball number calculating circuit 14 extends the time required until the next startup of the variable display device 1 in accordance with the increase in the number of starting winning balls.

[0027]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. The same members as those in FIGS. 22 and 29 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the main parts of a pachinko machine 3 according to the present invention, which are housed in a display frame body 13 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
In this embodiment, the variable display device 1 and the variable winning ball device 6 are integrally provided by the display frame body 13.
Are located below the display element 2. The members forming each part of the pachinko machine 3 are C provided in the determination circuit 9.
It is controlled by a PU (not shown).

In this embodiment, the judgment circuit 9 constitutes a starting ball number calculation circuit 14 together with the start detection switch 12, and the judgment circuit 9 includes a variable display device 1, a variable winning ball device 6, a ball hitting device 10, and a starter. A sphere number display 11, a memory 15, a decoration device 16 and a clock circuit (identification information determination circuit 8) 17 are connected. Also, a hitting device 10, a starting ball number indicator 11 and a decoration device
The illustration of the driver that drives 16 is omitted. Further, the display element 2 and the starting ball number indicator 11 are constituted by LED elements, and the starting ball number indicator 11 is located immediately below the display element 2. The decoration device 16 is composed of a lamp, an LED, a speaker, and the like, which are not shown, and displays a major role, an error, and the like by light and voice.

Each digit display element 2 is controlled by the determination circuit 9, and a driver is interposed between each digit display element 2 and the determination circuit 9. The determination circuit 9 variably displays a plurality of types of identification information on each digit display element 2 for a predetermined variably displayed time based on the winning of the start winning opening 5. After the lapse of the variable display time, the determination circuit 9 stops and displays the stop identification information on each digit display element 2 for the stop time (described later).

The variable winning ball device 6 is a pair of opening / closing blades 18, 18 for opening / closing the special winning opening 7, a motor 19 for controlling opening / closing of the opening / closing blades 18, 18, and an opening / closing blade driver for driving the motor 19.
The main components are 20 and (see FIG. 1). A pair of open / close blades 18,18
Are each made up of two pieces and are rotatably connected to each other by a pin 21. Long holes 22, 22 on both sides of the special winning opening 7
Are provided, and the longitudinal direction is arranged vertically. One end of each opening / closing blade 18, 18 is rotatably attached to the lower end of each elongated hole 22, 22 by a pin 21, and the other end of each opening / closing blade 18, 18 is attached to the upper end of each elongated hole 22, 22 as a pair. It is movably provided in the long holes 22 and 22 through a part of the link mechanisms 23 and 23.

As a result, the other ends of the opening / closing blades 18, 18 are elongated holes.
When it is at the upper end of 22, 22, the special winning opening 7 is closed by opening / closing blades 18, 18, as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the other ends of the opening / closing blades 18, 18 are at the lower ends of the elongated holes 22, 22, the special winning opening 7 is opened by the opening / closing blades 18, 18.

Inside the special winning opening 7, a bottom plate 24 indicated by a broken line
It is installed so that the front side is higher than the rear side, and the continuous winning opening 25 and the normal winning openings 26, 26 are provided at the lowest part of this inclination.
And are provided. This regular prize hole 26, 26 is a continuous prize hole 25
Are located on both sides of. The continuation winning opening 25 is provided with a continuation switch 27 for continuing the big winning process, and the special winning opening 7 is provided with a 10-count switch 28 for counting all the pachinko balls that have won the big winning opening 7. (See FIG. 1). Both switches 27 and 28 are proximity switches that detect a winning ball to the special winning opening 7 by the proximity of a pachinko ball. Detection signals of these switches 27 and 28 are input to the opening / closing blade driver 20. 3 and 4, the continuation switch 27 and the 10-count switch
Illustration with 28 is omitted.

The opening / closing blade driver 20 has a counter function, and based on the input signal from the 10-count switch 28,
The data of the number of winning balls to the special winning opening 7 is counted. When the winning ball number data detected by the 10 count switch 28 reaches a predetermined number (10 balls in this embodiment), the opening / closing blade driver 20 causes the motor 19 to generate a signal for closing the opening / closing blade 18. Also, the open / close blade driver 20 is 1
If the 0 count switch 28 does not count 10 winning balls, approximately 20 seconds after opening the special winning opening 7.
The special winning opening 7 is kept open until the time elapses. This one
The winning ball number data to the special winning opening 7 counted by the 0 count switch 28 is temporarily stored in the memory 29 connected to the opening / closing blade driver 20. The opening time of the special winning opening 7 described above is hereinafter referred to as a big winning time.

During such a big processing, the opening / closing blade driver
When 20 detects a winning ball by the continuation switch 27, the continuation mode is set. And the opening and closing blade driver 20 after the big role time has elapsed from the start of the big role process or after winning 10 balls,
After driving the motor 19 to close the opening / closing blade 18 once,
Regardless of the winning ball number data, the important role, the process is continued (restarted) only once again, and at the same time, the already set continuation mode is released. The continuation mode is not set when the continuation switch 27 does not detect a winning ball,
Further, even when the major processing is continued up to a predetermined number of times, it is not set again. In this embodiment, the maximum number of times the continuation mode is set is set to 9 times.

Reference numeral 30 shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 is a continuation number indicator, and the continuation number indicator 30 is provided on the periphery of the opening portion of the continuous winning port 25. The continuation number indicator 30 displays the number of times the special winning opening 7 is opened by lighting an LED. 31
Is a winning ball number display 31 composed of an 8-shaped 7 seg LED element, and the winning ball number display 31 detects winning ball number data of the 10 count switch 28 based on the winning ball number data at the big winning opening 7 at the time of the big winning process. It lights up based on. In addition, the continuation number display
30 and the winning ball number indicator 31 are not shown in FIG. 1, and the drivers of both indicators 30 and 31 are not shown.

The identification information determining circuit 8 is for generating a symbol signal for variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information and a symbol signal for stopping and displaying the stop identification information. The identification information determination circuit 8 is composed of a clock circuit 17, a symbol generation circuit 32, an infinite counter 33 and a memory 34. Start detection switch 1 on the input side of the pattern generation circuit 32
2. The display timer circuit 35 and the memory 34 are connected, and the determination circuit 9 is connected to the output side.

The symbol generation circuit 32 generates a symbol signal representing the symbol of the identification information, and the generated symbol signal is the determination circuit 9
To enter. In the present invention, the symbol generation circuit 32 is defined so as to sequentially display one piece of identification information (symbol) every 24 msec during the variable display time based on winning in the starting winning opening 5, and the symbol is calculated every 24 msec. Generating a signal. The infinite counter 33 is provided corresponding to the display element 2 of each digit, and the infinite counter 33 for the left side display element 2 and the right side display element 2 counts from "0" to "19", and the middle side display element. Infinite counter 33 for 2 is "0" or "20"
Count up to. That is, the former will generate a total of 20 kinds of stop numerical data corresponding to the number of symbols in total, and the latter will generate a total of 21 kinds of stop numerical data.

The clock circuit 17 generates a basic clock for each circuit of the pachinko machine 3 including the judgment circuit 9 and each infinite counter 33. The cycle of the clock signal generated by the clock circuit 17 is about 4 msec. The determination circuit 9 executes the control program of the pachinko machine 3 stored in the memory 15 based on the clock signal of the clock circuit 17. The memory 15 is provided with an area (ROM) for storing a control program and an area (RAM) temporarily used when executing the program.

In the control program described above, the processing time TP required to execute one cycle from start to end is
It is configured so as not to exceed 4 msec (TP <4 msec), in other words, the CPU of the determination circuit 9 is reset approximately every 4 msec. And the infinite counter 33
The count or stop numerical value data is generated (updated) by using the time waiting for the input of the reset signal every 4 msec after the series of processes of the control program of the pachinko machine 3 is completed.

More specifically, the infinite counter 33
Processing of the control program of the pachinko machine 3 is completed for one cycle, and the stop numerical value data is updated by using the input waiting time of the reset signal with a cycle of 4 msec.
The stop numerical data in the range of "9" or in the range of "0" to "20" is generated for each digit display member 2. There are N = 20 × 21 × 20 = 8400 8400 combinations N of stop numerical data of each digit display member 2.

In this embodiment, among the combinations N, 30 combinations as the specific identification information are defined, so that the probability of the combination of the specific identification information is set to 1/280. Become. The stop numerical value data thus obtained is temporarily stored in the memory 34 from the infinite counter 33.

The display timer circuit 35 is provided for the purpose of determining the timing of determining arbitrary stop numerical data by the identification information determination circuit 8 and the timing of transition from the variable display state of the identification information to the stop display state. The display timer circuit 35 is an automatic stop timer 36 and a symbol stop timer 37.
The operations of the automatic stop timer 36 and the symbol stop timer 37 are synchronized with each other. The automatic stop timer 36 has one system, and when the start detection switch 12 detects the winning of the start winning opening 5, it starts the measurement of a preset automatic stop time. This automatic stop time is constant, and in this embodiment, 5 seconds is set as the automatic stop time.

When the automatic stop timer 36 starts, the judgment circuit 9 and the driver drive the display element 2 to display the identification information on the variable display device 1 in a bright and variable manner. In other words, the symbol generation circuit 32 generates a symbol signal every 24 msec to cause the variable display device 1 to sequentially update and display the identification information every 24 msec. Then, when the automatic stop timer 36 times up, the symbol stop time determined by the identification information determining circuit 8, in other words, the stop numerical value data fetched from the infinite counter 33 is used as the symbol stop time.

On the other hand, the symbol stop timer 37 is provided in three systems corresponding to the left, middle and right digit display elements 2. The symbol stop time for each digit is the number of pachinko balls that have won the starting winning opening 5 during the game, in other words, the starting ball number indicator 11
The length is shortened or extended according to the number of starting balls displayed on.
Therefore, the symbol stop time of the symbol stop timer 37 becomes indefinite. Note that the symbol generation circuit 32 is in normal times, that is, when a pachinko ball is not winning in the starting winning opening 5, the stop identification information is generated and held as a symbol signal to make the display element 2 stop brightly.

A memory (not shown) is provided in the symbol stop timer 37, and three kinds of timetables are stored for each three-digit display element 2, and a total of nine kinds of timetables are stored in this memory. In the present embodiment, the left symbol stop timer 37 is a timetable of Tables 1 to 3, the middle symbol stop timer 37 is a timetable of Tables 4 to 6, and the right symbol stop timer 37 is of Tables 7 to 9. It corresponds to each timetable (Nm _n ; Stop numerical data, Tm
_n ; Variable display time / ms).

N1₁ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T1 ₁ 5200 5224 5248 5272 5296 5320 5344 5368 5392 5416 N1₁ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 T1₁ 5440 5464 5488 5512 5536 5560 5584 5608 5632 5656 (Table 1) N1₂ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T1₂ 2700 2724 2748 2772 2796 2820 2844 2868 2892 2916 N1₂ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 T1₂ 2940 2964 2988 3012 3036 3060 3084 3108 3132 3156 (Table 2) N1₃ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T1₃ 100 124 148 172 196 220 244 268 292 316 N1₃ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 T1₃ 340 364 388 412 436 460 484 508 532 556 (Table 3) N2₁ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T2₁ 2000 2024 2048 2072 2096 2120 2144 2168 2192 2216 N2₁ 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 T2₁ 2240 2264 2288 2312 2336 2360 2384 2408 2432 2456 24 80 (Table 4) N2₂ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T2₂ 1000 1024 1048 1072 1096 1120 1144 1168 1192 1216 N2₂ 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 T2₂ 1240 1264 1288 1312 1336 1360 1384 1408 1432 1456 1480 (Table 5) N2₃ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T2₃ 400 424 448 472 496 520 544 568 592 616 N2₃ 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 T2₃ 640 664 688 712 736 760 784 808 832 856 880 (Table 6) N3₁ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T3₁ 1000 1024 1048 1072 1096 1120 1144 1168 1192 1216 N3₁ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 T3₁ 1240 1264 1288 1312 1336 1360 1384 1408 1432 1456 (Table 7) N3₂ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T3₂ 400 424 448 472 496 520 544 568 592 616 N3₂ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 T3₂ 640 664 688 712 736 760 784 808 832 8 56 (Table 8) N3₃ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T3₃ 3000 3120 3240 3360 3480 3600 3720 3840 3960 4080 N3₃ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 T3₃ 4200 4320 4440 4560 4680 4800 4920 5040 5160 5280 (Table 9) Furthermore, when the automatic stop timer 36 is up,
The number of starting balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11 is “0”
In this case, the symbol stop time is shown in the symbol stop timer 37 for each digit.
Table 1, Table 4 and Table 7
Bull 1). In addition, the automatic stop timer 36
At the time of time-up, it is displayed on the starting ball number indicator 11.
If the number of starting balls is "1 ball" or "2 balls",
The digit stop time is shown in Table 2, Table 5 and Table 8
Bulls (timer table 2) based on each digit design stop tie
Set to Ma 37. Similarly, the automatic stop timer 36 timer
At the time of turning on, the start displayed on the starting ball number indicator 11
If the number of balls is "3 balls" or "4 balls", left, middle and
And the right symbol stop time is the timetable of Table 3, Table 6 and Table 8.
Based on the bull (timer table 3), left, middle and right figures
The pattern stop timer 37 is set.

Further, when the left stop identification information and the middle stop identification information are specific identification information, the right symbol stop time is set in the right symbol stop timer 37 based on the time table of Table 9. The upper part of Tables 1 to 9 above shows the stop numerical data of each digit, and the lower part shows the symbol stop time (m sec) corresponding to the stop numerical data.

Since the starting ball number indicator 11 is not in the game and the starting winning ball number data is not stored, the starting winning ball number which started the game is not displayed. In addition, the starting ball number display 11 subtracts the starting winning ball number of "one ball" from the stored starting winning ball number data every time the game is finished, and at the same time, the starting ball number indicator 11 is turned on.
The element is turned off for one bulb.

In the present embodiment, the determination circuit 9 generates an open signal as a big win process (big hit) when all the stop identification information input from the symbol generation circuit 32 is the same. In this case, the same specific identification information corresponding to the stop identification information is brightly stopped and displayed on the display elements 2 of all three digits. On the other hand, when the stop identification information input from the symbol generation circuit 32 is not the same, the determination circuit 9 determines that it is out of alignment, and the non-specific identification information is brightly stopped and displayed on the display element 2.

The determination circuit 9 operates the variable winning a prize ball device 6 based on the stop identification information to open the special winning opening 7. When the special winning opening 7 is opened, the probability that a pachinko ball wins the big winning opening 7 is increased, so that a right advantageous to the player is generated (hereinafter, this right is referred to as a major role). The determination circuit 9 has a plurality of types of determination display timer circuits built therein, which are conventionally used for determining the determination timing of stop numerical data and for controlling the variable winning ball device 6. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

The determination circuit 9 generates the opening signal in order to execute the big winning process when the big winning is judged, and inputs the open signal to the variable display device 1. Then, when the major role processing is being performed, a signal representing the major role processing is generated together with the opening signal to notify that effect by sound or light.

As shown in FIG. 2, a guide rail 38 for guiding a pachinko ball to the game board 4 surface, a wind turbine 39,
A normal winning opening 40 and an out opening 41 are provided, and the obstacle nail is not shown. 42 is a winning entrance provided on the variable display means 3,
Furthermore, a winning display lamp 43 for displaying a winning state is provided on the outside of the game board 4 and the variable display means 3, and a stop lamp 44 is provided on the upper left side of the game board 4. In FIG. 2, the upper plate, the lower plate and the ball hitting device are not shown.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 3 having the above structure will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, it is determined in s1 whether or not the power (not shown) of the pachinko machine 3 is turned on. When the power of the pachinko machine 3 is turned on for the first time, s2 is executed, while the power is already turned on. Jump to s3. In s2, the pachinko machine 3 is initialized by clearing the respective memories 15, 29, 34 and the initial values are set and stored in the cleared memories 15, 29, 34. Next, in s3, the hardware self-check including the switches 12, 27 and 28 of the pachinko machine 3 is started.

After that, it is determined in s4 whether or not a hardware error has occurred, and if an error is recognized, the error mode is set in s5, while if not, the processing relating to the starting ball is performed in s6. It is applied based on FIG. In the processing relating to the starting ball in this embodiment, first, s
In 6-1 it is determined whether or not the starting ball is detected by the starting detection switch 12, and if the starting ball is not detected, the process jumps to s7.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 15a, when the starting ball is detected, s6-2 is executed. In s6-2, "Large hand mode (see s36 in Fig. 11)", "combination end mode", "symbol stop mode" and "symbol change mode" described later
Whether or not any of the above is set is determined. If neither is set in s6-2, the starting mode is set in s6-3, while if any mode is set, s6-4 is executed. At s6-4, it is determined whether or not the number of lights on the starting sphere number indicator 11 (the number of memorized starting spheres) is "4 spheres", and if "4 spheres", jump to s7. At s6-5, "1" is added to the lighting number of the starting ball number indicator 11 and at the same time, the starting ball number indicator 11
Is lit for "one bulb".

At s7, the left side of the variable display,
The updating process of the symbol (identification information) for each of the middle and right digits is performed (see FIG. 10). In the symbol generation circuit 32, it is first determined in s7-1 whether or not the symbol variation mode or the symbol stop mode has been set, and if not set, s8
Jump to. If the symbol variation mode or the symbol stop mode has already been set, it is determined in s7-2 whether or not the left symbol stop flag is set, and the set, that is, the left display element 2 stops and displays the identification information. While jumping to s7-7 when it is, s7-3 is executed when the left symbol stop flag is not set. At s7-3, it is determined whether or not the left symbol update timer (not shown-see s7-5 and s13-4 described later) has timed out.

When the left symbol updating timer is up in s7-3, the identification information determining circuit 8 is used to update the currently displayed left symbol to the symbol to be displayed next in s7-4. Inputs a new symbol signal to the determination circuit 9. On the other hand, if the left symbol update timer is not up in s7-3, the left symbol update timer is subtracted in s7-6.

Next, in s7-5, the left symbol update timer is set in order to update the symbol to be displayed next, and then the processes in s7-7 and thereafter are executed. In s7-7 to s7-11, the processing relating to the updating of the middle symbol is performed in the same manner as the above left symbol, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, in FIG. 9s7-12, it is judged whether or not the right symbol stop flag is set. If the right symbol stop flag is set, it jumps to s8 in FIG. 5, while if it is not set, the left symbol and the middle symbol match (same symbol) in s7-13, that is, whether it is specific identification information or not. Is determined. Here, the left symbol and the middle symbol are stopped, and only when the stop symbol (stop identification information) matches, jump to s7-18,
The processing from s7-18 to s7-21 is executed. On the other hand, when the left symbol and the middle symbol do not match in s7-13, the processes of s7-14 and s7-17 are executed.

In s7-14, s7-16 or s13, which will be described later,
It is determined whether or not the first right symbol update timer set in step -4 has timed up. And when the first right symbol update timer is up, s7
In order to update the right symbol currently displayed in -15 to the symbol to be displayed next, the identification information determination circuit 8 inputs a new symbol signal to the determination circuit 9. Then, the first right symbol update timer for updating to the symbol displayed next is s
After setting at 7-16, jump to s8. On the other hand, s
If the first right symbol update timer has not timed up in 7-14, the subtraction process of the first right symbol update timer is performed in s17-7. After this, jump to s8.

When the left symbol and the middle symbol are matched in s7-13, the second right symbol update timer (set in s7-20 and s36-12 described later) is timed up in s7-18. It is determined whether or not. s7
When it is determined in 18 that the second right symbol update timer has timed up, the identification information determination circuit 8 is updated in s7-19 to update the currently displayed right symbol to the symbol to be displayed next.
Inputs a new symbol signal to the determination circuit 9. And s7
After setting the second right symbol update timer for updating to the symbol displayed next at -20, jump to s8. On the other hand, if it is determined in s7-18 that the second right symbol update timer has not timed up, in s7-21 the right symbol update timer performs a subtraction process and then jumps to s8.

In this embodiment, the measurement time set in the first right symbol update timer is shorter than the measurement time set in the second right symbol update timer, and by the second right symbol update timer. The display time per symbol is set to about 5 times the first right symbol update timer. Therefore, when the left symbol and the middle symbol are coincident with each other and there is a possibility of displaying the specific identification information (big hit), the right symbol is slowly displayed one symbol at a time on the right display element 2.

Next, in s8, a process relating to the display of the identification information of the variable display device 1 is performed. In this embodiment, the processing shown in FIG. 10 is sequentially executed. First, in s8-1, based on the determination result in FIG. 5s6, it is determined whether or not the symbol variation mode. The symbol variation mode is performed based on whether or not the variable display device 1 is performing variable display. If the symbol variation mode is not set in s8-1, while jumping to s9 (see FIG. 5) described later, otherwise, s8-2 is executed. Then, in s8-2, the automatic stop timer 36, which has been set in s12-3 described later, is subtracted, and when the automatic stop timer 36 measures the time up, that is, about 5 seconds as shown in FIG. 15b (s8- 3), after the symbol variation mode is cleared in s8-4, the symbol stop mode is set (s8-5). Then, the identification information determining means 8 selects and determines the stop numerical data created by the infinite counter 33 in s8-6, and then s8
In -7, it is determined whether or not the number of lights of the starting sphere number indicator 11 is "0 sphere". If it is "0 sphere", s8-8 is executed, otherwise s8-9 Is executed.

In s8-8, the above-mentioned Table 1, Table 4 and Table 7 (timer table 1) corresponding to "0 ball" are determined,
Jump to s8-12. On the other hand, in s8-9, it is determined whether or not the number of lights of the starting ball number indicator 11 is "1 ball or 2 balls", and if it is "1 ball or 2 balls", s
8-10 is executed, otherwise s8-11
Is executed. And in s8-10, "1 ball or 2 balls"
Tables 2, 5, and 8 (timer table 2) corresponding to the above are determined. In addition, in s8-11 "3 balls or 4
The above-mentioned Tables 3, 6, and 8 (timer table 3) corresponding to "sphere" are determined.

In s8-12, s8-8, s described above
Based on Table 1 to Table 3 determined by either 8-10 or s8-11 and the stop numerical data selected and determined in s8-6, set the symbol stop timer 37 to the left symbol stop time, After this, s9 is executed. That is, in FIG. 7s6-1, the display timer circuit 35 detects the starting winning ball shown in a of FIG. 15 by the starting ball number calculating circuit 14 and at the same time displays the starting winning ball number displayed on the starting ball number display 11. It can be detected by the starting ball number calculation circuit 14. Then, in accordance with the number of starting winning balls at the time when the automatic stop timer is determined to be "0" (time up) in s8-3, the symbol stop time as an uncertain factor of the variable display time is determined by Table 1 to Table 8. Will be done.

Returning to FIG. 5, it is determined in s9 whether or not the error mode is set. If the error mode is set, the process jumps to s42 in FIG. 11, while if not, it is determined in s10 whether or not the major mode is set. .. If it is determined in s10 that the major character mode is not set, s11
In the game, in other words, "big winning mode", "combination ending mode", "symbol stop mode" and "symbol changing mode"
It is determined whether any of the above is set.
If it is determined in s11 that the game is in progress, FIG.
On the other hand, the routine jumps to s28, while if not, it is judged at s12 whether or not the start mode is set.

If it is determined in s12 that the starting mode is set in s6-3,
After performing the game start process in s13, the process jumps to s28 in FIG. 11, while otherwise, the process jumps from s12 to s28 in FIG. In the above-mentioned s13, in the present embodiment, first, the symbol variation mode is set (see FIG. 12s13-1), the starting mode is cleared (see FIG. 12s13-2), and the automatic stop timer 36 is set (FIG. 12s).
See 13-3). Then, in s13-4, the left, middle, right and update timers for each symbol are set.

Returning to s10, if it is determined that the big winning mode is set, jump to s14 in FIG. 6, and the variable winning ball device (opening / closing blade driver 20) 6 wins all the big winning holes 7. The number of winning balls is counted by the 10-count switch 28. Then, in s15, s16 is executed when the number of winning balls counted in s14 is 10 or more, while otherwise jumping to s17.

Next, in s16, the opening / closing blade driver 20 stops the opening output of the special winning opening 7 and ends (resets or clears) the measurement of the major winning time, and in s17, it is determined whether or not the current major winning process is the tenth time. judge. If the current big winning process is the 10th time, the process jumps to s20, and if not, the presence or absence of the winning ball detected by the continuation switch 27 is determined at s18. In s18, if the continuation switch 27 detects a winning ball, the major role continuation flag is set in s19, while if not, the process jumps to s20.

Then, in s20, the continuation switch in s18
The winning ball detected by 27 is a 10-count switch 28
If s21 is detected, then s21 is executed, otherwise s27 is jumped to and an error is set.
Then, in s21, the role output ends, that is, the major role time (20 sec)
The open / close blade driver 20 determines whether or not has elapsed, or whether the output timer has been cleared at s15 due to the fact that the number of winning balls to the special winning opening 7 reaches 10.

When it is determined in s21 that the winning combination output has ended, the user jumps to s23 to set the winning combination ending mode, and by stopping the opening output of the special winning opening 7, the opening / closing blade driver 20 If the open / close blade 31 is closed, and if it is determined that the open / close blade 31 is not open, the output timer is decremented in s22, the open / close blade driver 20 continues to open the open / close blade 31, and then jumps to s28 in FIG.

Next, in s24, the number of continuations of the current major processing is 1
It is determined whether or not it is the 0th time (maximum number of continuations). If the number of continuations is the 10th time, the major combination mode is cleared in s25, and if not, s26 of FIG. 11 is executed.
Next, at s26, a big winning hole with a 10-count switch 7
It is determined whether or not a winning ball is detected. If the winning ball is detected, the process jumps to s28 in FIG. 11. If not, the error mode is set in s27 and then s28.
Jump to.

In s28 of FIG. 11, s23 or s40
In (described later), it is determined whether or not the combination end mode has already been set. If the combination end mode has been set, s29 is executed, while if not, the process jumps to s35. In s29, it is determined whether or not the major character continuation flag is set. When it is determined that the major role continuation flag is set, the opening / closing blade driver 20 adds "1" to the current number of continuations and sets the major role mode again at s30.
After the open output signal of the special winning opening 7 is generated and the output timer is set, the process of s35 is performed. On the other hand, if it is determined in s29 that the major role continuation mode is not set,
After clearing the winning combination end mode in s31, it is determined in s32 whether or not the number of starting balls displayed on the starting ball display 11 is "1" or more.

When the number of starting balls is "1" or more in s32, "1" is subtracted from the number of starting balls displayed in s33, and then the starting mode is set in s34. On the other hand, if the number of starting balls displayed on the starting ball display 11 is less than "1" in s32, the process jumps to s35.
Next, in s35, it is determined whether or not the symbol stop mode has already been set in s8-5 (see FIG. 10) described above. Then, if the symbol stop mode is set in s35, s36 is executed, and if not, s42 is executed.

At s36, the processing relating to the stop operation of the identification information is performed based on each step shown in FIG. First, in s36-1, the judgment circuit 9 judges whether or not the symbol stop flag of the left display element 2 is set. And if the symbol stop flag is not set, the symbol stop timer 35 in s8-12 (see FIG. 10) described above in s36-2.
It is determined whether or not the left symbol stop time already set is measured.

In s36-2, if the symbol stop timer 35 has already measured the left symbol stop time as shown in FIG. 15c, the determination circuit 9 sets the left symbol stop flag in s36-4 and at the same time the left symbol The update timer is cleared, the identification information displayed on the left display element 2 at that time is brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1, and the signal representing the identification information is input to the determination circuit 9 as the stop identification information. To do.

After this, s36-5 is executed. On the other hand, s36
If the symbol stop timer 35 does not measure the left symbol stop time in -2, the left symbol stop time is continuously measured in s36-3, and then the process jumps to s42.

Next, in s36-5, the above-mentioned s8-8, s
Corresponding to the intermediate stop numerical data selected and determined in s8-6 (see FIG. 10) based on any one of Tables 4 to 6 determined in either step 8-10 or s8-11. The middle symbol stop time is set in the symbol stop timer 35. Then jump to s42. When it is determined in s36-1 that the symbol stop flag of the left display element 2 is set, the determination circuit 9 determines in s36-6 whether the symbol stop flag of the middle display element 2 is set. To do. And when the symbol stop flag is not set, the above-mentioned s36-5 in s36-7 (Fig.
In 10)), it is determined whether or not the middle symbol stop time set in the symbol stop timer 35 has been measured.

In s36-7, when the symbol stop timer 35 has already measured the medium symbol stop time as shown in d of FIG. 15, the determination circuit 9 sets the medium symbol stop flag in s36-9, and at the same time, the medium symbol. The update timer is cleared, the identification information displayed on the middle display element 2 at that time is brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1, and the signal representing the identification information is sent to the determination circuit 9 as stop identification information. input.

After that, in s36-10, the judgment circuit 9 judges whether or not the left and middle stop identification information brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1 match, and if they match, Executes s36-11, otherwise s36-13 is executed. On the other hand, in s36-7, if the symbol stop timer 35 has not yet measured the middle symbol stop time, in s36-8, the middle symbol stop time is continuously measured, and then the process jumps to s42.

Next, at s36-11, the timer is set to brightly stop display the stop identification information on the right side on the variable display device 1. However, there is a possibility that important processing may occur.
Based on Table 9, the right symbol stop time is set in the symbol stop timer 35. Then, in s36-12, the second symbol updating timer is set. In addition, in s36-10, s8-8, s8-
Neither Table 7 nor Table 8 determined in either step 10 or s8-11 is used. Then jump to s42.

In s36-13, s8-8 and s8 described above are used.
S8-6 based on either of Table 7 and Table 8 determined in any of steps -10 and s8-11
(See FIG. 10) Set the right symbol stop time corresponding to the right stop numerical data selected and determined in the symbol stop timer 35.
Then jump to s42.

When it is determined in s36-6 that the symbol stop flag of the middle display element 2 is set, s
At 36-14, the determination circuit 9 determines whether or not the symbol stop flag of the right side display element 2 is set. And if the symbol stop flag is not set, s36-15
S36-11 or s36-13 described above in (see FIG. 10)
Then, it is determined whether or not the right symbol stop time set in the symbol stop timer 35 has been measured. On the other hand, if it is determined in s36-14 that the symbol stop flag of the right display element 2 is set, the process jumps to s37.

Further, in s36-15, the symbol stop timer 35 has already measured the right symbol stop time as shown in FIG. 15e, and the determination circuit 9 sets the right symbol stop flag in s36-17, at the same time, The first right symbol update timer or the second right symbol update timer is cleared, and the identification information displayed on the right display element 2 at that time is brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1, and the identification information is displayed. After inputting the generated signal to the determination circuit 9 as stop identification information, s42
Jump to. On the other hand, if the symbol stop timer 35 has not measured the right symbol stop time in s36-15, the measurement of the right symbol stop time is continuously processed in s36-16 and then the process jumps to s42.

Returning to FIG. 11, in s37, the judgment circuit 9 judges whether or not the combination of the digit stop identification information brightly stopped and displayed on the variable display device 1 is an important combination, that is, the specific identification information (FIG. 15e)). If it is determined in s37 that the combination is a major combination, the major combination mode is set in s38, while if not, s40 is executed. When the large winning combination mode is set in s38, the determination circuit 9 sends the opening signal of the special winning opening 7 to the variable winning ball device 6
Input to the open / close blade driver 20 of.

As a result, the opening / closing blade driver 20 sets a large winning time in the built-in timer, and at the same time, the judging circuit 9 sets the symbol stop mode in s39 and s36-4, s36-9 and s36.
Clear the symbol stop flag of each digit set in -17. After this, jump to s42. Also at s40,
The determination circuit 9 sets the hand end mode, and s41
At, the symbol stop mode and the symbol stop flag of each digit set in s36-4, s36-9 and s36-17 are cleared. After this, jump to s42. Then, in s42, the determination circuit 9 drives the decoration device 16 in accordance with various modes to notify that effect, and then executes s43. However, the error mode is excluded.

At s43, it is determined whether or not an error is set at s5 and s27, and if an error is set, the operation of s42 is stopped and the decoration device 16 is driven at s44. Error is displayed. On the other hand, if the error is not set in s43, in s45, the determination circuit 9 determines one of the preset effect sounds corresponding to various modes driven in s42. After that, the determination circuit 9 generates the sound effect determined in s46, and then loops s47 while updating the stop numerical value data until the reset signal is input. The procedure for updating the stoppage numerical data in s47 is
This is performed by the identification information determination circuit 8 in the procedure shown in 14.

First, the identification information determination circuit 8 is s47-1, and the infinite counter 33 gives "1" to the current stop numerical value data.
After adding, it is checked whether or not the stop numerical value data on the right obtained by the addition is "20" or more (s47-2). If the right stop numerical value data on the right side is "20" or more, the right stop numerical value data on the right side is cleared, that is, rewritten to "0" in s47-3, and then s47-4.
To execute. On the other hand, in s47-2, if the current stop numerical value data on the right side is less than "20", jump to s47-4, s47-4
At 47-4, the stop numerical data on the right side is updated and set in the memory 34 from the infinite counter 33.

Next, in s47-5, the infinite counter 33 determines whether or not the right-side current stop numerical value data set in s47-4 is "0", and if it is "0", s47-6. Is executed, and if it is not "0", s47-1 is executed.

At s47-6, "1" is added to the middle side current stop numerical value data set in the identification information determining circuit 8, and the middle side current stop numerical value data obtained by the addition is "21". It is checked whether or not it is above (s47-7). If the current stop numerical data on the middle side is "21" or more, the current stop numerical data on the middle side is cleared at s47-8, and then s47-9 is executed. On the other hand, s47-7
Then, if the current stop numerical data on the middle side is less than "21", jump to s47-9. Then, in s47-9, the infinite counter 33 updates and sets the stop side numerical data on the middle side in the memory 34.

Next, in s47-10, the infinite counter 33 judges whether or not the current stop numerical value data on the middle side set in s47-9 is "0". If it is "0", s47- 11 is executed, and if it is not "0", s47-1 is executed.

Next, the infinite counter adds "1" to the current stop numerical value data on the left side at s47-11, and then checks whether or not the stop numerical value data on the left side obtained by the addition is "20" or more. Yes (s47-12). If the current stop numerical value data on the left side is "20" or more, the current stop numerical value data on the left side is cleared in s47-13, and then s47-14 is executed. On the other hand, in s47-12, if the current stop numerical value data on the left side is less than "20", jump to s47-14, s47-14
In -14, the stop numerical data on the left side is updated and set in the memory 34 from the infinite counter 33. Then, s47-1 is executed.

In the above embodiment, the variable display time of the identification information displayed on the variable display device 1 is constituted by the automatic stop time and the symbol stop time, the automatic stop time is set to be constant, and the symbol stop time is changed. Therefore, the variable display time, according to the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11,
The case of extending or shortening has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the automatic stop time may be changed.

Next, an embodiment different from the above embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the display timer circuit 35 has 1 to 5
5 total automatic stop timers 36 are provided, and the automatic stop timers 36 are different from each other according to the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number indicator 11 as shown in Table 10 below. The stop time is set (see f in Fig. 16). By doing so, the variable display time is changed by changing the automatic stop time unlike the above embodiment. The same members and the same operations as those in the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted (Nm; stop numerical data, T
m; fluctuation display time / ms).

Number of starting winning balls 0 balls 1 ball 2 balls 3 balls 4 balls Automatic stop time 10.1s 7.6s 6.6s 5.6s 5.0s (Table 10) N1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 T1 00 24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 N1 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 T1 240 264 288 312 336 360 384 408 432 456 (Table 11) N2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T2 00 24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 N2 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 T2 240 264 288 312 336 360 384 408 432 456 480 (Table 12) N3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 T3 00 24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 N3 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 T3 240 264 288 312 336 360 384 408 432 456 (Table 13) N3 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 T3 00 120 240 360 480 600 720 840 960 1080 N3 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 T3 1200 1320 1440 1560 1680 1800 1920 2040 2160 2280 ( 14) symbol stop time for which Table 1 as in the above Example
It is determined based on 1 to Table 14 (see g in FIG. 16 to i in FIG. 16), but in the present embodiment, as a component of the variable display time, a fixed time in addition to the automatic stop time and the symbol stop time. It is provided. The fixed time is set in the symbol stop timer 37 for a predetermined time corresponding to the display element 2 of each digit. 100 for the fixed time corresponding to the display element 2 on the left side.
msec (see j in Fig. 16) is 4 for the fixed time on the inside.
00 msec (see k in FIG. 16) is set. Two types are set for the fixed time on the right side, and 3 seconds if the left and middle stop display data is specific identification information.
Otherwise, 400 msec is set (see l in FIG. 16).

The variable display time for displaying the identification information is s8-13 in FIG. 17, s13-1 in FIG. 18 and s36 in FIG.
Display timer circuit 35 at each step from -18 to s36-21
Calculated by First, the symbol stop timer 37 shows the sum of the symbol stop time and the fixed time corresponding to the stop display data on the left side after the step s8-6 shown in FIG. 10 is finished.
Based on (see s8-13 in FIG. 17). And s9
After the processing of s12 to s12 is completed, the game start processing is performed in s13, the symbol variation mode is set in s13-1 of FIG. 18, and then the starting mode is cleared in s13-2.

Then, in s13-3, it is judged whether or not the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11 is "0". If it is "0", it is determined based on Table 10. The 1 automatic stop timer 36 for which the automatic stop time is set is determined (s13-6). Similarly, in any one of steps s13-7, s13-9 and s13-11, the number of starting winning balls of "1" to "4" displayed on the starting ball number indicator 11 is detected. The automatic stop timer 36 of any one of 2 to 5 is appropriately determined based on Table 10 (see s13-6, s13-10, s13-12 and s13-13).

Subsequently, after the steps of s28 to s35 are finished, the symbol stop processing shown in FIG. 19 is performed to complete the setting of the left symbol stop flag (s36-4), and the symbol stop timer 37 is set at s36-18. Based on Table 12, the sum of the symbol stop time and the fixed time corresponding to the stop display data on the inside is calculated and set as the variable display time on the inside. See also s36
In -9, the symbol stop flag on the middle side is set, and when it is determined in s36-10 that the left and middle identification information corresponds to the specific identification information, the symbol stop timer 37 is based on Table 14 in s36-19. , The sum of the symbol stop time and the fixed time corresponding to the right stop display data is calculated and set as the right change display time.

Then, in s36-20, the second right symbol update timer is set. Furthermore, when it is determined in s36-10 that the left and middle identification information correspond to the non-specific identification information, the symbol stop timer 37 is based on Table 13 in s36-21, and the symbol corresponding to the stop display data on the right side. The sum of the stop time and the fixed time is calculated and set as the variable display time on the right side.

In this way, the display timer circuit 35 varies the automatic stop time to shorten the variation display time of the identification information when the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number display 11 increases. When the number of starting winning balls decreases, the variable display time of the identification information can be extended. Further, when the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number indicator 11, that is, the number of starting winning winning balls for which activation of the variable display device 1 is effective is set to 4 at maximum, the number is automatically set in this embodiment. If the stop time is set to the shortest "0 sec", the automatic stop timer 36 can extremely shorten the variable display time. Therefore, since the time required for one game is shortened, the fifth winning prize ball is the starting winning prize hole 5.
It is possible to increase the possibility of ending the current game before winning the prize.

As another means for increasing the possibility of ending the current game before the fifth winning start winning ball hits the starting winning opening 5, after the automatic stop processing of s8 in FIG. The symbol stop mode may be set immediately when the number of balls is four. That is, in s8-1 of FIG. 20, the symbol variation mode is set by the starting winning ball shown by m of FIG. 21, and a total of 4 starting winning balls (n or n of FIG. 21 during the game caused by the starting winning ball m). (see q), and if the start winning ball r is further generated immediately after the game with the starting winning ball shown in m of FIG. 21, there is an automatic stop timer.
The steps relating to the measurement of the automatic stop time by 36, that is, s8-2 and s8-3 are omitted and the process jumps to s8-15.

At s8-15, the automatic stop timer 36 is cleared, and after the stop display data of each digit is determined at s8-6 (Fig. 21s), the symbol stop timer 37 displays the symbol stop time at s8-16. Take in based on 3. The determination of the stop display data is based on the start winning ball n, and is determined after xsec has elapsed from the end of the game with the starting winning ball m, that is, when the starting winning ball m is detected (Fig. 21t.
reference).

Further, the automatic stop timer 36 has a predetermined automatic stop time of, for example, 5 seconds after the step related to the start mode clear in the game start process of FIG. 12 is finished (s13-2).
Is set in the automatic stop timer 36 (see s13-3 in FIG. 12). The automatic stop time set in s13-3 is
When the number of reserved starting prize-winning balls is less than 4 balls in s8-14 of 20, it is measured by the automatic stop timer 36 in s8-2.

In this embodiment, the case where the variable display time of the identification information is set according to the number of starting winning balls has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the stop display of the identification information is displayed instead of the variable display time. The time may be set according to the number of starting winning balls (see FIG. 23).

In the case of the pachinko machine 3 having such a configuration, in the automatic stop processing in s8 of FIG. 5, in s8-1 as shown in FIG. 24, it is the symbol variation mode based on the determination result in s6 of FIG. Whether or not it is determined, if the symbol variation mode is not set, while jumping to s9 in FIG. 5, if not so, s8-2 is executed. Then, in s8-2, the automatic stop timer 36, which has been set in 12-3 and which is not shown, is subtracted, and when the automatic stop timer 36 measures the time up, that is, about 5 seconds, as shown in FIG. 28b, (S8-3), s8-4
After clearing the symbol variation mode with, the symbol stop mode is set (s8-5).

Then, the identification information determining means 8 selects and determines the stop numerical data created by the infinite counter 33 in s8-6, and the time corresponding to the random number for the left symbol determined in s8-12 is set in the left symbol stop timer. After setting, s9 is executed after this. Further, in FIG. 7s6-1, the display timer circuit 35 detects the starting winning ball shown in a of FIG. 28 by the starting ball number calculating circuit 14 and, at the same time, displays the starting ball number indicator.
The number of starting winning balls displayed at 11 can be detected by the starting ball number calculating circuit 14.

After it is determined in s37 in FIG. 11 that the player is a major player, if the player is not a major player as shown in FIG. 25, the number of starting winning balls (starting memory number) is determined in s101 to s103, and the starting winning ball is judged. Symbol stop retention time according to the number,
In s104 to s106, the stop hold timer is set as shown in Table 15 (see A in Fig. 28). Starting ball number 1 2 3 4 Right symbol stop hold time 1500 1000 700 700 (unit: msec.) ( (Table 15) As shown in FIG. 26, the stop hold timer is
After it is determined in s107 whether or not the important role flag is set, after the presence / absence of the time-out of the stop holding timer is determined (s108),
When the time is not up, the subtraction is started in s109. Then, when the time is up due to this subtraction (see (a) in FIG. 28), the stop display of the right symbol is ended, and it is possible to shift to a variable display such as a demonstration screen. As a result, the stop display time of the identification information changes according to the number of starting winning balls, so that the player can be more visually changed.

In this embodiment, since the variable display time is fixed and the stop display time is changed, no random time other than one random time corresponding to each symbol random number is provided. As a result, the s36 process shown in FIG.
After 36-4 is executed, the time corresponding to the medium symbol random number is set in the medium symbol stop timer as shown in FIG. 27s 36-5, and the process jumps to s42. In addition, the possibility that a major role will be realized, in other words, when the left middle symbols match, a predetermined time is set in the timer for displaying a specific display as shown in s36-11.

[0109]

As described above, according to the present invention, the required time per game can be changed by arbitrarily setting the variable display time according to the number of starting winning balls. Therefore, if the time required for one game is shortened as the number of starting prize balls increases during the game, the time required to obtain the result of the current game is shortened, and the expectation for the next game is raised. The willingness to play can be increased.

Further, when the number of starting winning balls reaches the maximum number of balls that can be started during the game, the time required for the current game is shortened as much as possible to further start from the current number of starting winning balls. Even when a prize is won in the winning opening, the possibility that the activation of the game based on the number of starting winning balls becomes invalid is extremely reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the player's motivation from decreasing due to the increase in the number of starting winning balls in the game that occurs to the player.

The variable display time is fixed and the stop display time is set so that the time until the next game is shifted is short when the number of starting winning balls is large and is long when the number of starting winning balls is small. By changing the number according to the number, it is possible to prevent the game motivation from decreasing due to the increase / decrease in the number of starting winning balls.

Further, when the number of starting winning balls is relatively small during the game, if the time required for one game is extended, the time until the result of the current game is obtained can be extended. Therefore, by extending the sense of expectation for the advantageous right obtained by the current game, it is possible to prevent the player's motivation from decreasing due to the decrease in the number of starting winning balls that occurs in the player.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a part of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

3 is a front view showing the variable display device and the variable winning ball device of FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a variable display device and a variable winning ball device showing a state different from that of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a part of a control procedure of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another portion of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing details of a portion of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing details of a portion of FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 5.

11 is a flowchart showing another portion of FIG. 6.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing details of part of FIG. 6;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 11.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing details of a part of FIG. 11.

15 is a diagram showing an operation timing of the device shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an embodiment different from that of FIG.

17 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing details of part of FIG. 6;

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from that of FIG.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an embodiment different from FIG.

22 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG.

23 is a diagram showing an embodiment different from FIG.

24 is a flow chart of an embodiment different from FIG.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG. 11.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart of an embodiment different from FIG. 11.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing details of part of FIG. 25.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing an embodiment different from FIG. 21.

FIG. 29 is a front view showing a conventional example of a pachinko machine.

30 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the pachinko machine of FIG. 29.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Variable Display Device 4 Game Board 5 Start Winning Hole 6 Variable Winning Ball Device 8 Identification Information Determination Circuit 11 Starting Ball Number Display 14 Starting Ball Number Calculation Circuit 35 Display Timer Circuit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A starting ball number display for displaying the number of starting winning balls won at a starting winning port provided on a game board surface, and a plurality of types of identification information for a predetermined variable display time based on the winning of the starting winning port. And a variable display device that displays any of the identification information for a predetermined stop display time based on the stop of the variable display, and the stop identification information that is stopped and displayed on the variable display device. An identification information determining circuit that determines from any of the information, and a variable prize that generates a right advantageous to the player when the stop identification information determined by the identification information determining circuit is predetermined specific identification information. In a pachinko machine provided with a ball device, a starting ball number calculation circuit for calculating the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number display, and a number of starting winning balls calculated by the starting ball number calculating circuit Predetermined fluctuation Set between 示時, pachinko machines, characterized in that the stop display signal for stopping the variable display is provided and a display timer circuit for outputting to the variable display device. 2. The variable display time set in the display timer circuit is shortened according to an increase in the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number indicator, and is extended according to a decrease in the number of starting winning balls. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is a pachinko machine. 3. A predetermined stop display time is set according to the number of start winning balls calculated by the start ball number calculating circuit, and a stop display signal for stopping the stop display is output to the variable display device. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, further comprising a display timer circuit. 4. The stop display time set in the display timer circuit is extended according to an increase in the number of starting winning balls displayed on the starting ball number indicator and shortened according to a decrease in the number of starting winning balls. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is a pachinko machine.